It's always interesting to see where people get their inspiration. I was really stumped by this challenge as I don't have many SU Easter Stamps. I don't send out Easter cards myself, so I've never had much need to buy them. This 2 page layout was CASE'd from a layout in this months Creating Keepsakes magazine.
The first thing that caught my eye was the colour. Well SU doesn't sell cardstock in a pastel turquoise - kind of a sea foam green. So I pulled out my In Colours and layered vellum over Bermuda Bay and voila! Sea Foam green cardstock. You can see how uneven it looks in the corners of the 2 page layout above. The next challenge was to find pastel colours that worked with this and made the page look springlike and Easter-y. I went through my stash and came up with Orchid Opulence, Barely Banana, Apricot Appeal, Pretty In Pink, Certainly Celery, and Bashful Blue. 
Next I used the Ovals die for the Big Shot to make the eggs. The larger ovals were simple enough, but the smaller ovals (photos) needed a bit of playing around. I had to fiddle a bit to line up the pictures exactly right and after a bit of trial and error, these are the ones that worked.
Next I used the Ovals die for the Big Shot to make the eggs. The larger ovals were simple enough, but the smaller ovals (photos) needed a bit of playing around. I had to fiddle a bit to line up the pictures exactly right and after a bit of trial and error, these are the ones that worked.
Then I wanted to add a strip of striped DSP to the top of the photos. I didn't have any paper from SU that was apropriate so I decided to make my own. I cut lots of narrow strips of paper and then stuck them down on a piece of whisper white with sticky tape. Then I trimmed both sides to make a narrow stip. The above photo shows this detail a bit. I then used my scallop trim border punch to make trim out of whisper white cardstock. I attached the white to the bottom of the photos and the striped "paper" to the top. I finished off the photos with 2 ribbons. Certainly Celery for the top and Soft Suede for the bottom. Finally I made the title with MDS and printed it out on Whisper White cardstock.
Wow - did I have a lot of fun making this card. Now, I have to be honest, although I created this sketch, I don't actually remember the source of my inspiration. So when I went back to make a card, I was really stumped at first. But once I pulled out my Sunny Day Simply Scrappin' Kit, I found my inspiration. I flipped the sketch. I pulled out the oval label and deciced to use it as my starting point. I used my Extra Large Fancy Flower punch to create the scallops around it. I cut each punch out like in the photo below
Most of the flowers were stickers from the cut, some I cut out for more details, and some flowers were stamped from the Petal Pizzazz set and cut out. The bird and leaves were cut out using the Extra Large Two Step Bird punch from the Occasions Mini. I used dimensionals to layer the flowers and bird. Once I got started this was a really simple card to make.
This card is a throwback to my childhood. When I was a little girl, my favourite stuffie was an enormous pink elephant named 'Fluff'. I would have loved to get this card for my birthday. This card used the stamp sets ' Look Who's Turning' and 'Animals Stories'. The colours are Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo and Whisper White.
